Services offered
Strategy advice and organisational reform
- develop organisational and program reform strategies for local councils and government agencies;
- consult on corporate strategic and management issues, including change management;
- conduct efficiency and effectiveness reviews of local and state government programs and management;
- advise on local government reform – organisational, financial and strategic;
- devise strategies for addressing government reforms in programs and policies affecting business;
- advise on strategies to persuade governments and/or relevant government agencies to remove unjustified regulatory roadblocks or change perverse policy settings;
- provide strategy advice on the introduction of innovative products especially with environmental benefits;
Project and issues management
- manage projects from their inceptions through to the completion of all regulatory approvals;
- prepare optimal strategies for projects that require regulatory approvals, including assessing regulatory risk for projects at an earlier stage and advising of pathways to minimise such risk;
- select and engage technical consultants for projects requiring land use or environmental consents (such as planners, architects, and environmental consultants);
- oversight the quality of technical reports and material prepared for submission to regulatory agencies and liaising with regulatory agencies where appropriate;
- project problem solving;
- advise on infrastructure procurement and tendering strategies for State and local government projects;
- the mediation of disputes or objections arising from planning, development, infrastructure or environmental proposals;
- issues management including providing advice on community and media issues that may arise from projects or strategies;
- community liaison, community mediation and advice on community consultation processes.
Policy development and evaluation
- prepare policy positions for industry groups and corporations and advise on the implications of government policies and policy reform proposals;
- prepare policies, and policy reforms, for State and local government programs and represent those to agencies where appropriate;
- formulate and draft policy and other submissions to governments or local councils on behalf of organisations;
- advise on the implications of government policies and policy reform proposals;
- provide appraisals of the policies, regulations, and strategies of local and state governments, as they affect a specific business enterprise;
Training and speaking engagements
- conduct workshops and presentations for public servants on public sector governance issues;
- conduct workshops and presentations for council staff and councillors on local council governance and the management of community expectations and consultation processes;
- give speeches/presentations to industry groups, company management teams, and professional organizations on topical government policy and regulatory issues in planning, environment, energy and infrastructure;
- give speeches/presentations on contemporary political issues.
Other services